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Just bats /
Bats are dangerous to man. Right?Wrong.Here is the truth about chiroptera, the only mammals that fly, in a short, well-illustrated account based on solid research but intended for a general reader.Bats, of which there are about 850 species in the world, are maligned as carriers of rabies (largely un...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Toronto [Ontario] ; Buffalo [New York] :
University of Toronto Press,
[1983]
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Flight
- Echolocation
- Seeing and smelling
- Diet
- Energy and survival
- Roosts
- Activity
- Migration and navigation
- Reproduction
- Populations
- Predation and mortality
- Parasites
- Behaviour
- Public health
- Keeping bats out
- Conservation
- Appendix: common and scientific names of bats.